The Yankees announced this afternoon that they’ve activated infielder/outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. after acquiring him from the Marlins yesterday. Chisholm will take the place of infielder J.D. Davis on the active roster, as the club designated him for assignment today to make room for their new acquisition. The Yankees’ 40-man roster now stands at 39.
Davis, 31, was acquired by the Yankees in a trade with the A’s late last month. It’s been a tumultuous year for the slugger, as he kicked off 2024 by heading to an arbitration hearing with the Giants. Davis won that hearing but was controversially released by San Francisco after they signed Matt Chapman to play third base instead. Davis wound up signing with the A’s just two weeks before the season began and managed to secure a guarantee of just $2.5MM from Oakland, a far cry from his previously-awarded arbitration salary even after factoring in the roughly $1.1MM in termination pay he received from San Francisco.
On the field, Davis performed decently for them with a 96 wRC+ in 39 games while splitting time between first base, third base, and DH but he eventually found himself on the outside looking in when he was DFA’d as the club opted to give more playing time at the hot corner to Abraham Toro and Tyler Nevin. A move to the Bronx seemed to suggest he could find more playing time going forward amid injuries to Giancarlo Stanton and Anthony Rizzo, but haven’t turned out that way as he’s appeared in just seven games with the club over the past month and has hit an anemic .105/.227/.158 in that limited playing time. Club manager Aaron Boone told reporters (including MLB.com’s Bryan Hoch) today that Stanton is expected to return to the lineup as soon as tomorrow, meaning even that limited playing time was likely to dry up for Davis in the coming days.
While Davis’s 2024 season has been a brutal one, prior to 2024 he’d been a consistently above-average hitter ever since first taking a regular role with the Mets back in 2019. In five seasons with the Mets and Giants between 2019 and 2023, Davis slashed a strong .268/.352/.443 with a 120 wRC+, flashed 20-homer power and walked at a 10.2% clip despite an elevated 27.2% strikeout rate. That type of production could be a useful addition to plenty of teams, particularly those in need of help at first or third base. The Yankees will have one week to attempt to pass Davis through waivers, and if he goes unclaimed he would have the opportunity to elect free agency in favor of accepting an outright assignment. Of course, it’s possible that the club tries to put together a trade involving Davis prior to the upcoming trade deadline on Tuesday, and it seems likely they’ll wait to waive Davis until after the deadline in order to explore his market fully.
Only question now is if Jazz is in tonight’s lineup, leading off?
They actually have him 5th in CF. Maybe if they acquire India for 3b he would be the new lead off guy
Jasson should lead off
Volpe should be leading off if he gets hot again
CF Jasson
LF Soto
RF Judge
2B Jazz
DH Stanton
C Wells
SS Volpe
1B ???
3B Oswaldo
I don’t see the logic of benching Torres when he is finally hot. He’s been their 2nd/3rd best hitter for a month now.
Ben Rice is 1B. With his recent struggles, He will have to adjust as all players do, but he is controllable and has made some clutch plays.
One thing is certain as one of Torres or Verdugo getting traded at deadline. Stanton returns tomorrow so he goes to DH, Judge likely CF, Soto RF and Verdugo in LF ( until Dominguez returns in a week). I have to believe Torres will shift to 3B permitting Yankees dont trade for a 3B by Tuesday deadline. If they land a 3B he is gone but if the land a 1B Rice goes back to minors and Torres may be spared and Jones will be designated. Yankees will keep DJ on the bench for this season before DFA him and eat remaining 2 yrs. Either way one Of Verdugo or Torres along with Cortes and maybe Rice will be trade bait to get them a Bullpen arm and 1B/3B
I am tired of Gleyber, I hope they trade him. Gleyber as a 3B? A nightmare. I would rather let Oswaldo play 3B.
Why? He isn’t even close to a league average hitter?
Reds aren’t trading India
No problem. How about Chapman or Rengifo?
48hrs to the deadline, where’s the rumors? We want rumors not transactions, where’s the rumors? Ahahaha!
It’s been a bad year for JD Davis. Thought the Yankees may give him a longer look. I think he has at least one more good season in him if given the chance. GL JD!
Yeah tough year for him. His glove isn’t great but I wanted to see him get some run at 3rd. He could’ve been league average which for the Yankees would’ve been a nice upgrade.
He is toast.
“Yankees may give him a longer look”…As three teams have already discovered this year alone, J.D Davis will never hit consistently enough to make up for all the other, numerous deficiencies in his game.
I find myself expecting him to find himself at the next stop, but then I think, “Wow, if he can’t make it in OAK, where can he make it?”
Angels can send over Rengifo for a couple prospects. Rengifo can play all over the field or take over 3b. Get it Done Peary!!
note: poochie died on his way back to his home planet
Davis should fire his agent – the mistake he made during arb really messed up his season
So his agent should have lost in arbitration? Do you really think that would have kept them from signing Chapman?
Should have known and prepared for risks if its worth the little they would have gained.
Should have anticipated the possibility of being released and compromised on a salary to avoid arbitration.
By that logic, every agent should persuade their client to accept a lesser “guaranteed” amount for the client anf agent commissions.
I think that they understand the associated risks of going to an arb panel. The question needs to be asked why Farhan tendered him a contract in the first place.
Datashark: An agent can’t take the field and perform.
That’s the player’s job, and he accepts the consequences of his results or lack thereof.
“An agent can’t take the field”…You got that right. But who knows, maybe J.D’s agent doesn’t have as many holes in his game as does J.D.
How many times in the history of the world has someone won in arbitration, only to be replaced later by a FA?
The Yankees front office no longer has to worry about J.D. taking them to arbitration during the off-season.
Torres needs to be traded to get at least possibly a BP arm. He’s not in the Yankees’ future plans. Get something now before you get nothing later
Since he came back on June 28th from being benched, Gleyber has hit .317/.382/.494 in 90 PA over 21 games. The Yankees need consistent offense and you want to trade him?
Agreed Bleacher. He’s hitting and he’s a long tenured Yankee. Cashman would be run out of town by a mob if he traded Gleyber now. You don’t subtract major pieces from the roster on a team that’s in contention.
Next stop NPB.
I like JD and wish him the best. He was a good Giant. This shocked me.
Any chance the Pirates make a play for him?
Any chance the RS do? Sign him to league minimum, if he is willing to accept a minor league assignment with an opt-out in maybe 2 weeks?